Stojanovski v Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 609

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Stojanovski v Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 609 File number: NSD 104 of 2017

Judge: FLICK J

Date of judgment: 31 May 2017

Catchwords: MIGRATION – decision by Assistant Minister – not bound by Direction No 65 – bound to afford procedural fairness ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – need to notify if departure from published guidelines Legislation: Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) sch 2 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) s 11, sch 2 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 499, 501, 501CA

Cases cited: Adams v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 552 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Ayoub v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 83, (2015) 231 FCR 513 BCR16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 965 Bochenski v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 989, (2016) 153 ALD 309 Brown v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 141, (2015) 235 FCR 88 BSJ16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 1181 Chen v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 46 Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177 CLR 292 Goundar v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 1203 Hong v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 1567, (1999) 32 AAR 268 Inland Revenue Commissioners v Gittus [1920] 1 KB 563 Javillonar v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 854, (2001) 114 FCR 311 Mehta v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1096, (2015) 238 FCR 439 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v Stretton [2016] FCAFC 11, (2016) 237 FCR 1 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSSJ [2016] HCA 29, (2016) 333 ALR 653 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18, (2013) 249 CLR 332 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS [2010] HCA 16, (2010) 240 CLR 611 Minogue v Williams [2000] FCA 125, (2000) 60 ALD 366 Misiura v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 133 Moana v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCAFC 54, (2015) 230 FCR 367 Ngaronoa v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2007] FCAFC 196, (2007) 244 ALR 119 Picard v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] FCA 1430 SZBEL v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] HCA 63, (2006) 228 CLR 152 Tesic v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2016] FCA 1465 WASB v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2013] FCA 1016, (2013) 217 FCR 292 Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, opened for signature 10 December 1984, 1465 UNTS 85 (entered into force 26 June 1987) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, opened for signature 19 December 1966, 999 UNTS 171 (entered into force 23 March 1976) Arts 7, 12